How many students at Marshall? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 10,691 students have enrolled in Marshall University with 7,952 undergraduate and 2,739 graduate students.

By gender, 4,285 male and 6,406 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

1,990 students are enrolled exclusively, and 3,787 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Marshall University has a total of 10,691 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 7,952 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,739 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,285 male and 6,406 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total10,6917,9522,739
Men4,2853,354931
Women6,4064,5981,808
Marshall University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartMarshall University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartMarshall University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 8,803 White, 560 Black, and 163 Asian students out of a total of 10,691 are attending at Marshall University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American412120
Asian1637093
Black560273287
Hispanic248117131
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders945
White8,8033,4285,375
Two or more races330112218
Race Unknown388179209
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American331815
Asian1094366
Black436226210
Hispanic1858996
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders523
White6,6202,7363,884
Two or more races27493181
Race Unknown20097103
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American835
Asian542727
Black1244777
Hispanic632835
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders422
White2,1836921,491
Two or more races561937
Race Unknown18882106
Marshall University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartMarshall University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartMarshall University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Marshall has 806 students under 18 years old and 25 students over 65 years old. There are 7,934 students under 25 years old, and 2,756 students over 25 years old out of 10,691 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 806 students are younger than 18 and 14 students are older than 65. Marshall has 7,041 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 910 students aged 25 and over.

It has 893 graduate students aged under 25 and 1,846 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18806495311
18-192,6041,5501,054
20-212,4631,4601,003
22-242,0611,169892
25-291,166677489
30-34515334181
35-39372227145
40-49467335132
50-6421114368
Over 65251510
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18806495311
18-192,6041,5501,054
20-212,4081,417991
22-241,223611612
25-29387207180
30-3418911673
35-391287454
40-491378354
50-64553619
Over 651486
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21554312
22-24838558280
25-29779470309
30-34326218108
35-3924415391
40-4933025278
50-6415610749
Over 651174
Marshall University 2023 Student Population by Age chartMarshall University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartMarshall University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartMarshall University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartMarshall University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartMarshall University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Marshall University, 1,990 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 3,787 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,473 students lived in West Virginia or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 517 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students10,6911,9903,787
Undergraduate7,9528383,471
Graduate2,7391,152316
Online Student Population by Locality
West Virginia ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,4735170
Undergraduate6761620
Graduate7973550
Marshall University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 7,952 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 446 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 5.61%.363 students have transferred in as full-time status and 83 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time5,985
Transfer-in Full-time363
Regular Part-time1,521
Transfer-in Part-time83

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